South Korea Box Office

[Hilderic]

I repeat: "Avatar doesn't have to have been the #1 film in the market in either admissions or gross, and the film that beat it doesn't have to be #1 today, or even have been #1 then. I just want to know which markets had a non-IMAX 2D film outgross Avatar."Yes, Avengers sold more tickets than INI. But that's not what I'm asking about. I just am interested to know which post-2009 standard 2D releases have outgrossed Avatar in a given OS market.

Sweden: Avatar: $22.187.194; Admissions: 1.482.298The 100-Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out the Window and Disappeared (2013): $22.919.896; Admissions: 1.565.999

[Tower]

I repeat: "Avatar doesn't have to have been the #1 film in the market in either admissions or gross, and the film that beat it doesn't have to be #1 today, or even have been #1 then. I just want to know which markets had a non-IMAX 2D film outgross Avatar."Yes, Avengers sold more tickets than INI. But that's not what I'm asking about. I just am interested to know which post-2009 standard 2D releases have outgrossed Avatar in a given OS market.

 

Well, in Turkey Avatar was beaten by 6 local films, I don't know for sure, but I doubt they were all IMAX/3D. Fast and Furious 6 won in Malaysia. In Venezuela it was beaten by Fast Five and Six, Twilight 4 and a couple of local films. In Thailand it was beaten by a local film. I'm sure there are others, but I stopped looking after that.

[tupek]

Effectively, Instructions Not Included sold 15 million admissions, more than Avatar.And it was absolutely shocking, because Mexico is still a country were people dont usually pay attention or are interested in local movies. In fact, the bet attended Mexican movie was (if I recall correctly) "El Crimen del Padre Amaro" in 2002.But in 2013 the things changed. Months before INI, there was a local comedy called "Nosotros los Nobles" which had a very good opening but spawned fantastic legs, and went on to become the highest grossing and most attended Mexican movie by a wide margin ( around 8 million adm). That was shocking too.Then came Instructions Not Included, which, unlike Nobles, in had a massive OW, but was frontloaded. But nearly doubled its admissions.

Edited August 30, 2014 by User 220

[Rsyu]

South Korea Daily Box Office (August 31)

-Admissions (total) gross (Drops from LW) [screens] <Title>

01. 236,486    (7,035,299)  $1.822M  (-37.2%)  [679] <The Pirates> 
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02. 234,087       (711,109)  $1.823M     (--)      [582] <Into the storm>
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03. 128,891  (16,928,390)  $0.999M  (-57.7%)  [492] <Roaring Currents>
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04. 103,644       (809,690)     $849K (+40.1%) [372] <Begin again>
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05.   97,966       (312,799)     $817K        (--)     [457] <Teenage mutant ninja Turtles> 
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06.   27,523       (719,607)     $252K    (-53.6%)  [257] <The Fault in our stars>
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07.   11,117         (65,681)       $86K      (--)     [269] <Brick Mansions> 
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08.   9,941    (1,457,917)       $81K    (-82.0%)  [217] <Sea Fog>
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09.     8,085       (309,774)       $59K  (-59.4%)  [128] <Planes: Fire and rescue> 
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10.     7,547         (49,775)       $62K        (--)     [186] <The Purge: Anarchy> 

Total admissions: 898,003
Total Gross: $7.052 million

Roaring Currents Cume: $126.751 million
The Pirates Cume: $52.544 million

Current Presales (midnight local time)
25.6% (24,142) My brilliant life

24.3% (22,865) Tazza 2 
  7.6%   (7,153) Into the storm
  7.5%   (7,055) Lucy 
  6.1%   (5,720) Begin again 

[Rsyu]

South Korea monthly Box office (August)

 

 

August Admissions and Gross: 3 year trend

 

2014

August

Admissions: 32,168,194

-Foreign release: 7,108,464

-Local release:  25,059,730

Gross(KRW):  249.61 billion

 

Jan-August total

-148,553,155 admissions

-1,147.03 Billion KRW

 

2013

August

Admissions: 29,142,666

-Foreign release: 7,181,815

-local release: 21,960,851

Gross(KRW): 205.59 Billion

 

Jan-August total

-146,466,725 admissions

-1,065,39 billion KRW

 

2012

August

Admissions: 24,238,713

-Foreign release: 7,227,985

-Local release: 17,010,728

Gross(KRW): 175.66 Billion

 

Jan-August total: 
-128,465,021 admissions

-972.91 Billion KRW

 

Admissions and gross for August reached a 3 year high, helped by the record breaking run of Roaring Currents. Roaring currents has broken almost every single record and is still chugging along, albeit at a much reduced pace. 17 million will be passed tomorrow and it will come close to 18 million before it's run ends. The overall admissions and gross for 2014 is now ahead of 2013 during the same time frame. 

 

The pirates has shown fantastic late legs. Much to the surprise of everyone, it's the biggest film of the summer after roaring currents. 

 

How to train your dragon 2 is almost at an end. One final milestone (3 million admissions) remains. It only needs 4,000 admissions and should reach it. 

 

Most Attended movies (August)

1. 15,518,418  Roaring Currents

2.   7,016,316 The Pirates

3.   2,996,251 How to train your dragon 2

4.   1,457,972 Sea Fog

5.   1,181,374 Guardians of the Galaxy

6.      815,015 Kundo: Age of the Rampant

7.      808,971 Begin again

8.      714,888 The Fault in our stars

9.      711,497 Into the storm

10.    396,590 Detective Conan: Dimensional sniper 

 

2014 top 10 (admissions)

01. 16,928,566 Roaring Currents

02. 10,296,101 Frozen

03.   8,656,547 Miss Granny 

04.   7,035,604 The Pirates

05.   5,295,931 Transformers: Age of Extinction

06.   4,771,552 Kundo: Age of the Rampant

07.   4,697,110 Edge of Tomorrow 

08.   4,313,446 X-Men: Days of Future Past

09.   4,164,946 The Amazing Spider-Man 2

10.   3,962,812 Captain America: The winter soldier

Edited August 31, 2014 by Rsyu

[Rsyu]

Important September releases

 

Date-(Prerelease ratings)

 

9/3

Tazza 2 (4.35)

My Brilliant Life (5.08)

Lucy (8.01)

Step up: All in (9.42)

 

9/11

Sin City: A dame to kill for (9.35)

 

9/18

Maze runner (9.61)

A Walk Among the Tombstones (9.71)

[chasmmi]

Important September releases

 

Date-(Prerelease ratings)

 

9/3

Tazza 2 (4.35)

My Brilliant Life (5.08)

Lucy (8.01)

Step up: All in (9.42)

 

 

 

What?!

[Rsyu]

What?!

 

I'm a little surprised it's so high but naver pre-release ratings aren't really a reliable indicator of how well the film will do in the box office. The expectation index (How many people want to see the film before release) is a little bit more trustworthy . 

Edited August 31, 2014 by Rsyu

[peludo]

Insane that a film without 3D or IMAX has beaten Avatar in both admissions AND gross. The only other film I can think of to have done that was Elite Squad 2 in Brazil (even though The Avengers subsequently outgrossed it - but didn't beat its admissions).Did any other markets have a regular 2D film come out after Avatar and beat both its admissions and gross? Avatar doesn't have to have been the #1 film in the market in either admissions or gross, and the film that beat it doesn't have to be #1 today, or even have been #1 then. I just want to know which markets had a non-IMAX 2D film outgross Avatar.Looking at Mexico, Avatar has $44m and Instructions Not Included has $46m, but USD grosses for the top films in Mexico have gone up since 2009. I did compare their totals in pesos on the last weekends BOM recorded their grosses - INI is higher than Avatar. And since it's regular 2D, I assume INI also sold more tickets in Mexico than Avatar did?

It is really hard to do it in most markets. I do not have the exact data, but in Spain, I think 8 apellidos vascos has already sold more admissions than Avatar. By June, 8AV had sold 9.3 million admissions and Avatar, excluding the special edition, sold 9.2 million, but I do not discard that today, 8AV had already sold more than the 9.5 million that Avatar sold in total. Anyway, Avatar grossed 77 million € and 8AV has grossed about 58 million. 3D factor is really hard to compensate in 2D. Inflation will make it some day, but for the moment it is too early.

[Rsyu]

It is really hard to do it in most markets. I do not have the exact data, but in Spain, I think 8 apellidos vascos has already sold more admissions than Avatar. By June, 8AV had sold 9.3 million admissions and Avatar, excluding the special edition, sold 9.2 million, but I do not discard that today, 8AV had already sold more than the 9.5 million that Avatar sold in total. Anyway, Avatar grossed 77 million € and 8AV has grossed about 58 million. 3D factor is really hard to compensate in 2D. Inflation will make it some day, but for the moment it is too early.

 

Pretty darn impressive run by 8AV though all the same, and if it beat avatar in admissions then it was probably the more popular film in Spain too. I really must make time to watch it

[peludo]

Pretty darn impressive run by 8AV though all the same, and if it beat avatar in admissions then it was probably the more popular film in Spain too. I really must make time to watch it

It has been really impressive. It is not usual to read or watch in every media news about box office. I do not remember something like this even with Avatar. In relation to the film, I advise you that it can be extremely difficult for a person who is not Spanish or do not know about peculiarities of certain regions of the country to enjoy the film. It is very very oriented to Spanish people.

[Hernan Gonzalez]

It has been really impressive. It is not usual to read or watch in every media news about box office. I do not remember something like this even with Avatar. In relation to the film, I advise you that it can be extremely difficult for a person who is not Spanish or do not know about peculiarities of certain regions of the country to enjoy the film. It is very very oriented to Spanish people.

 

Peludo is right. 8AV opened limited in Mexico, Colombia and Greece and it didn't do good 

[efialtes76]

Pretty darn impressive run by 8AV though all the same, and if it beat avatar in admissions then it was probably the more popular film in Spain too. I really must make time to watch it

Titanic sold 11.265.537 admissions.  

[Rsyu]

Begin again is having a great run in Korea, already at 907,445 admissions and is absolutely locked to cross 1 million. It once again goes to show that music films are a really popular genre in Korea and that word of mouth can still make or break films. My 7:30 showing was packed full which was a pleasant surprise

Edited September 3, 2014 by Rsyu

[Rsyu]

South Korea Daily Box Office (September 3)

-Admissions (total) gross (Drops from LW) [screens] <Title>

01. 196,899       (213,476)  $1.470M     (--)      [763] <Tazza 2> NEW 
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02. 140,139       (143,195)  $1.073M     (--)      [440] <Lucy> NEW
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03. 100,254       (113,864) $0.811M        (--)      [611] <My brilliant life> NEW
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04.   37,258       (882,419)    $268K       (--)    [366] <Into the storm>
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05.   34,665    (7,186,056)    $249K     (-75.4%) [379] <The Pirates> 
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06. 32,036         (37,690)    $232K       (--)      [265] <Step up: All in> NEW
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07. 31,030       (938,475)    $230K     (-50.9%) [278] <Begin again> 
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08. 15,956  (17,013,424)    $113K   (-81.2%) [251] <Roaring Currents>
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09.     8,272           (9,415)      $62K         (--)      [140] <Sunshine on Leith> NEW
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10.   2,678        (354,292)     $20K         (--)      [180] <Teenage mutant ninja Turtles > 

Total admissions: 613,473
Total Gross: $4.521 million

Roaring Currents Cume: $127.363 million
The Pirates Cume: $53.63 million
Lucy cume: $1.073 million

Tazza 2 cume: $1.470 million 

My brilliant life: $0.811 million 

Current Presales (midnight local time)
26.5% (55,568) Tazza 2

23.5% (49,342) My brilliant life 
18.6% (38,951) Lucy
  7.5% (15,812) Into the storm
  5.9% (12,450) Begin again 

Edited September 3, 2014 by Rsyu

[Rsyu]

poor start by My brilliant life. Controversy surrounding the lead actress Song Hye-gyo over tax fraud claims is likely to be playing a role in this. 

 

How to train your dragon 2 fell dramatically to place 84 with 6 admissions today. It currently stands at 2,996,383 admissions. It doesn't look like the distributor (CJ entertainments) will be pushing it to 3 million adm. 

 

Roaring Currents crossed 17 million admissions today. Whether or not it can reach 18 million will depend on how it does during Chuseok holidays.

[terrestrial]

poor start by My brilliant life. Controversy surrounding the lead actress Song Hye-gyo over tax fraud claims is likely to be playing a role in this. 

 

How to train your dragon 2 fell dramatically to place 84 with 6 admissions today. It currently stands at 2,996,383 admissions. It doesn't look like the distributor (CJ entertainments) will be pushing it to 3 million adm. 

 

Roaring Currents crossed 17 million admissions today. Whether or not it can reach 18 million will depend on how it does during Chuseok holidays.

 

Still impressed.

Time to edit the title again?

[Rsyu]

South Korea Daily Box Office (September 4)

-Admissions (total) gross (Drops from LW) [screens] <Title>

01. 134,115       (351,856)  $0.997M     (--)      [785] <Tazza 2>
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02. 122,916       (269,334)  $.0939M     (--)      [513] <Lucy> 
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03. 63,105       (177,778)     $451K        (--)      [603] <My brilliant life> 
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04. 32,467       (916,106)     $235K    (-66.5%) [365] <Into the storm>
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05.   31,143       (973,493)     $229K    (-36.1%) [243] <Begin again> 
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06. 26,826    (7,218,467)     $193K    (-71.7%) [361] <The pirates> 
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07. 24,530         (62,877)     $179K         (--)   [286] <Step up: All in> 
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08. 12,982  (17,045,759)       $92K    (-78.3%) [230] <Roaring Currents>
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09.     4,291         (13,821)       $32K         (--)     [119] <Sunshine on Leith> 
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10.   3,488           (7,407)       $25K         (--)     [178] <Maya the bee movie> NEW

Total admissions: 474,290
Total Gross: $3.490 million

Roaring Currents Cume: $127.456 million
The Pirates Cume: $53.823 million
Lucy cume: $2.012 million

Tazza 2 cume: $2.467 million 

My brilliant life: $1.262 million 

Current Presales (midnight local time)
24.4% (71,223) Tazza 2

21.3% (62,044) My brilliant life 
18.6% (54,252) Lucy
  9.1% (26,649) Into the storm
  7.2% (20,960) Begin again 

Edited September 4, 2014 by Rsyu

[catlover]

Well, in Turkey Avatar was beaten by 6 local films, I don't know for sure, but I doubt they were all IMAX/3D. Fast and Furious 6 won in Malaysia. In Venezuela it was beaten by Fast Five and Six, Twilight 4 and a couple of local films. In Thailand it was beaten by a local film. I'm sure there are others, but I stopped looking after that.

 

Just want to add one country. In Indonesia, Avatar was beaten by HP:DH1, MI4, Skyfall, and FF6. And one local movie I think. But It's a little bit unfair, because Indonesia has been growing as a market since 2009. In 2009, the #1 movie of the year made $6.6m. In 2013 it's $15m.

[LexJoker]

In India Avatar has probably been beaten by 10 movies which includes movies in 3 different languages, most of them 2D and non-IMAX.